EP0087698A1 - Procédé pour la séparation de matériel non réagi à partir de carbide de silicium brut - Google Patents

Procédé pour la séparation de matériel non réagi à partir de carbide de silicium brut Download PDF

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EP0087698A1
EP0087698A1 EP83101579A EP83101579A EP0087698A1 EP 0087698 A1 EP0087698 A1 EP 0087698A1 EP 83101579 A EP83101579 A EP 83101579A EP 83101579 A EP83101579 A EP 83101579A EP 0087698 A1 EP0087698 A1 EP 0087698A1
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Harald Ersdal
Kjell A. Stole
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07B—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS BY SIEVING, SCREENING, SIFTING OR BY USING GAS CURRENTS; SEPARATING BY OTHER DRY METHODS APPLICABLE TO BULK MATERIAL, e.g. LOOSE ARTICLES FIT TO BE HANDLED LIKE BULK MATERIAL
    • B07B1/00—Sieving, screening, sifting, or sorting solid materials using networks, gratings, grids, or the like
    • B07B1/18—Drum screens
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B03—SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING PNEUMATIC TABLES OR JIGS; MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS; SEPARATION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS
    • B03B—SEPARATING SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING PNEUMATIC TABLES OR JIGS
    • B03B9/00—General arrangement of separating plant, e.g. flow sheets
    • B03B9/04—General arrangement of separating plant, e.g. flow sheets specially adapted for furnace residues, smeltings, or foundry slags
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07B—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS BY SIEVING, SCREENING, SIFTING OR BY USING GAS CURRENTS; SEPARATING BY OTHER DRY METHODS APPLICABLE TO BULK MATERIAL, e.g. LOOSE ARTICLES FIT TO BE HANDLED LIKE BULK MATERIAL
    • B07B9/00—Combinations of apparatus for screening or sifting or for separating solids from solids using gas currents; General arrangement of plant, e.g. flow sheets
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C01—INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C01B—NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; METALLOIDS OR COMPOUNDS THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASS C01C
    • C01B32/00—Carbon; Compounds thereof
    • C01B32/90—Carbides
    • C01B32/914—Carbides of single elements
    • C01B32/956—Silicon carbide
    • C01B32/963—Preparation from compounds containing silicon
    • C01B32/97—Preparation from SiO or SiO2

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  • This invention relates to a process for separating high quality silicon carbide product from a silicon carbide resistance furnace pig.
  • the product pig In the manufacture of silicon carbide, the resistance furnace method, disclosed in Acheson U.S. Patent Reissue 11,473 of February 26, 1895, the product pig is normally of roughly circular cross-section surrounded by unreacted mix. There is a crust (white zone) high in silica on the outside surface of the pig, and inside of that is a partially reacted zone of "firesand" typically containing 40% silicon carbide. Inside of the firesand zone is a region of essentially 100% reacted material. At the center of the pig is a graphite core, the remains of the resistance element of the furnace.
  • the present invention provides a mechanical means of separating the unreacted material in the fire sand zone from the silicon carbide in the pig, after removal of the crust (white zone) and the graphite.
  • the drawing shows a schematic view of an apparatus for carrying out the invention.
  • the silicon carbide pig is cut into blocky pieces having typically a maximum dimension of about 1 foot (30 cms), and the graphite is removed from the center portion of the pieces.
  • the crude lumps of the pig are then charged into the drum 30 through access door 31. Rotation of the drum is then begun.
  • the weaker fire sand portions of the pig are preferentially broken away and fall through the screen openings 32 in the drum periphery.
  • a reversible conveyor belt 40 carries material which has passed through the screens in the drum to a bucket elevator 50, which carries the particles to a vibratory screener 60 which rejects and classifies by size, the undersize material and returns coarser pieces back to the drum 30 by way of conduit 61.
  • Such pieces although smaller than the openings in screens 31, are retained in the drum long enough to break away additional fine, unreacted material from silicon carbide product.
  • the retained product from the screen and the material in the drum are collected as product.
  • the drum 30 may rotate as described or it may be stationary and instead include internal moving agitation means for impacting the crude lumps.
  • the process may be made continuous by continuous feeding of the drum and withdrawal of product from the drum; as will be evident to one skilled in the art of material handling.
  • the vibratory screener 60 may consist of several screens for the segregation of rejected material into group sizes.
  • the coarser of the rejected material being of higher quality, may be recovered through conduit 62 for certain use or as feed for a furnace run, while the less valuable finer material is separately collected through conduit 63.
  • the drum 30 is shown as enclosed within duct work 70 for containment of noise and dust.
  • a particular advantage of the present process is the ability to contain or reduce the undesireable noise and dust effects of prior art hand sorting methods.
  • a charge of 1500 kilograms of crude silicon carbide in large lumps is placed into the drum 30.
  • the screens 32 of the drum 30 are rectangular, 300 mm by 450 mm, and have square openings 25 mm on a side.
  • a sliding door or gate 31 is closed and the drum is rotated by motor means, not shown, at a rate of 12 rpm.

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EP83101579A 1982-02-25 1983-02-18 Procédé pour la séparation de matériel non réagi à partir de carbide de silicium brut Expired EP0087698B1 (fr)

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AT83101579T ATE13171T1 (de) 1982-02-25 1983-02-18 Verfahren zur abtrennung unreagierten materials von rohem siliciumcarbid.

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